[mythtv-users] Sharp Aquos 37D6U and DVI - SOLVED

[Dean Collins]

Lol - yep been there and had that problem before....was commenting my
projector to a win xp machine, messed around with the screen only to
have to plug in a regular monitor to get it set back to 60hz.

Cheers,

Dean


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Yan Seiner
> Sent: Saturday, 11 February 2006 4:27 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Sharp Aquos 37D6U and DVI - SOLVED
> 
> Yan Seiner wrote:
> 
> >OK, this is a long shot....  My cables finally got here, so I am
trying
> >to get my Sharp LCD TV to talk to my PC.
> >
> >I have a Matrox G550 video card with DVI-Out.  I can get DVI signal
to
> >my LCD monitor with no problem.
> >
> >But....  Using a DVI-HDMI cable I get nothing on the Sharp.
> >
> >It sees the cable (the HDMI input is selectable) and X can get data
from
> >it using DDC, so I would guess that the hardware is OK.
> >
> >I am guessing that the Sharp is finicky about refresh rates....  And
I
> >can't seem to hit on the magic modeline....
> >
> > From googling about, I need a 1368 x 768 modeline with 60Hz refresh
and
> >46 kHz sync...  And I can't find one... I've tried the various
> >calculators out there, and I can't seem to make it work.
> >
> >
> 
> The problem is the XFree drivers....  The Matrox MGA driver defaults
to
> the highest possible refresh rate, regardless of the config file
> settings or modelines.  The Sharp won't sync at 100+ Hz refresh rates.
> 
> Download and install the latest matrox drivers from the matrox website
> and all is well.
> 
> --Yan
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